Tom Higgins, Principal, Moreau Hall

Ann Weintrob, Principal, Center School

Chris Getchell, Principal, Parkview School

Data Driven Literacy Instruction

Shared Goal #1, PreK-2

What does data driven reading instruction look like in our classrooms?

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Key to Success: Teacher Collaboration

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It Begins with Common Assessments administered individually…

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Data Is Analyzed Bi-Weekly

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Progress Monitoring - biweekly

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Shared Professional Development – Ongoing across three schools

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One Classroom Example of Progress

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A “second dose” of small group, targeted literacy instruction (Tier 2 Supports)

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Three teachers and a parent volunteer working as one

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Train All Classroom Teachers to administer ALL curriculum-based measures

Train All Classroom Teachers to progress monitor and set data-based learning goals in reading

Work with Dr. Parker on determining BEST interventions across all areas of literacy: letter sounds, blending, phoneme segmentation, phonics, fluency, comprehension…

Continue providing teacher teams with TIME to analyze data and plan instruction

Where do WE go from here?

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Tom Higgins, Principal, Moreau Hall

Ann Weintrob, Principal, Center School

Chris Getchell, Principal, Parkview School

Improved Teacher Support and Evaluation

Shared Goal #2, PreK-2

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Effective Changes to

Teacher Evaluation

• Process now

done WITH

teachers not TO

teachers

• SMARTer Goals

• Unannounced

Mini-

observations and

more authentic

feedback

• A shared rubric

• Evidence

Collection

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Moving Forward …

• Kim Marshall’s

Rubric

• More emphasis

on regular

mini-

observations

and face-to-

face feedback

• TeachPoint

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2013 - 2014

The Remaining Goals and Actions Steps from Parkview’s School Improvement Plan

PreK Team – Improved community outreach…Website… Open Houses… communication with kindergarten team

Empowering Teachers Through Shared Goal Writing and Planning

Use data to provide targeted, tiered reading interventions to students. Tier 2 Interventions are a “double dose” of small group reading instruction everyday. INTERVENE EARLY!

The Results….

96/102 (94%) kindergarteners at Parkview are reading at benchmark of a DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment) Independent Level 3 at the end of K!!!!

Parkview Kindergarten PLC Goal

Regular teacher collaboration and data analysis to provide differentiated literacy instruction to ALL students…

NWF – WWR – Sept. 27% of PKV first graders scored in the “below average” or “well below average” range…. In May, 17% of PKV first graders scored in these two normed performance levels

Parkview First Grade PLC Goal

Create Interdisciplinary Science/SS Units, aligned with MA Frameworks and rotate students through teachers and units throughout the year.

Results - over 90% of second graders scored 80% or higher on district’s common assessments for these science/ss units. Huge Success and our second graders LOVED switching teachers twice a week!

Parkview 2nd Grade PLC Goal

2013-2014

Goal #3 Enhance school culture by creating a sense of belonging,

significance and fun for all students, faculty and parents through a school

theme: GET ENERGIZED!

Get Energized Through Giving

Get Energized Through Yoga

Get Energized Through STEM

Get Energized Through Walking to School Together!

Get Energized Through Music

Study Energy With Aquaponics

Tap a tree and SEE the energy!

Get Energized In the Outdoor Classroom!

Looking Ahead to

Next Year…

Enhance Teacher

Evaluation

System:

Share evidence of

best practice at

faculty meetings

Teachers doing

peer observations

Share data

analysis and

follow up effective

interventions

Build Collaboration

amongst grade level PLCs

Preschool –

Developmental

Assessment

Checklists

Kindergarten –

Develop and Share

Theme-based Units

of Study

Grade 1 – Math

Fact Fluency

Grade 2 – Extend

Units of Study to

include UbD

Format

Next Year’s Theme at Parkview…

Today a

Reader,

Tomorrow

a Leader

Thank you Parkview School Council!

Cindy Boyce, Parent Representative

Barbara Wallace, Teacher Representative

Darleen Hanegan, Teacher Representative

Christy McDonagh, Parent Representative

Melissa Parker, Parent Representative

Louise Zamiara, Teacher Representative

Patty Feeney, Teacher Representative

Nancy Kamieniecki, Teacher Representative

Kristin Cohen, Parent Representative

Jing Tao, Parent Representative

Chris Getchell, Principal, Chair

Thank you, Nancy Piesco

37 Years of

Service as a

Teacher for the

Easton Public

Schools…

Happy

Retirement!